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Unsurprisingly, that mountain of crispy roast potatoes is going to be disastrous for your waistline. Awful, too, is the overly generous serving of pigs in blankets – you know, the ones you snuck onto ...

President Donald Trump suspended the green card lottery program on Thursday that allowed the suspect in the Brown University and MIT shootings to come to the United States. Homeland Security Secretary ...

A poster seeking information about the campus shooting suspect is seen on the campus of Brown University, Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025, in Providence, R.I. Credit: Robert F. Bukaty / AP Photo WASHINGTON — ...

President Trump on Thursday suspended the green-card lottery program, which was used by the suspected gunman in the Brown University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology shootings to enter the ...

WASHINGTON -- The Department of Homeland Security announced its intention to pause a visa program intended to admit certain individuals to the United States, though it's unclear whether it's been ...

The suspect in the Dec. 13 mass shooting on the campus of Brown University was found dead by suicide Thursday night in a storage unit in Salem, New Hampshire, authorities said. He has been identified ...

PROVIDENCE, RI — The shooting suspect connected to the deadly Brown University attack and the fatal shooting of an MIT professor has been found dead in New Hampshire, authorities said late Thursday, ...

Duston Mullen has served among countless smart minds throughout his years in the U.S. Marine Corps and Army National Guard. But the individuals he’s been among as part of a military fellowship program ...